Jim Stowers makes Forbes’ list of billion-dollar donors

Jim Stowers is one of the “most generous people on the planet,” according to Forbes’ list of philanthropists who have given away $1 billion or more (Stowers has given about $1.9 billion, although I have yet to see a check with my name on it). 

Forbes says:

Stowers has not been a member of the Forbes 400 since 2000, but unlike most members who drop off, it wasn’t because he lost money or died. The mutual fund tycoon — he started what became the American Century fund family in 1958 — decided to give $1.2 billion to endow the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City. Since then he and his wife Virginia have given another $700 million to the institute, which performs genetic research targeted at advancing the understanding of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other conditions.

The work of the devil, if you asked anti-abortion folks. I didn’t.

Stowers ranked sixth on the list of the most generous people in the world. He’s in good company; also on the list are Bill Gates, George Soros and Warren Buffett.